On November 3, 2020, a 25-year-old man was shot dead with several shots – right outside the university in Borås. On Tuesday, the case became historic, when one of Sweden’s first crown witnesses – a former gang leader – participated on the link during the trial. “Those who were part of my gang write that I am dead to them,” he said, according to Borås newspaper. The new law on crown witnesses, which entered into force in July 2022, was used today when the fourth trial day began in Alingsås district court. The law means that a person who testifies against someone else can receive a reduced sentence. The crown witness, who was on the link today, was previously sitting in a holding cell next to the man who is now charged with the murder of the 25-year-old. After a while they established contact with each other and the suspected murderer began to tell details about the murder, something that the Crown witness later contacted the police about. Living under death threats “He started to open up about the murder and what happened and who was involved. I was a bit shocked at first, you don’t talk about it when you’re in custody. He dropped quite a few names, he was totally cool with it. “, says the crown witness in the trial, BT reports. Despite the fact that the Crown witness today lives with a protected identity, he receives death threats from people he grew up with. But it was not the Crown witness reform that was his main motive for telling the police. That’s why he took the plunge “I remember talking to my lawyer about wanting to tell this. I even told the cops that I wanted to give information but I didn’t want to be in the papers. I didn’t want to participate. Fuck it here I thought, I only have my boys left, I’ll tell you.”, he says during the trial. “I go from gang leader to fucking golar. But when he tells me that they tried to kill the victim’s father at the cemetery, then I felt that this person … then all my sympathy for him disappeared. That was one of the main points that made me tell.” The trial, which has previously been marred by disturbances, is expected to end on March 24.
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The crown witness in court: “Goes from gang leader to fucking golar”
